Phil Denhoff
Not for me. No surprise there. Felt like a caricature of a good romance novel, or at least an amateur novel. It’s middling. Unimpressive. An interesting and good idea but with poorly formed characters. In theory, the story should have been great, but I think every scene was too rushed and not given enough time to sit and develop. The characters were relatively flat. Frances had wonderful development near the end but it was like the author had a chance to make this complete character, got right to full character development, and never used her again. Frances is smart and full of punk energy and then we don’t see her again.
Listen, I’m roasting a romance novel — I’m well outside my normal genre. When Emily asked if I’d read it with her I said sure, but I think part of me expected the book to be a modern classic. Excellent writing. I didn’t know I was in for pulp space romance fiction.
Not for me. No surprise there. Felt like a caricature of a good romance novel, or at least an amateur novel. It’s middling. Unimpressive. An interesting and good idea but with poorly formed characters. In theory, the story should have been great, but I think every scene was too rushed and not given enough time to sit and develop. The characters were relatively flat. Frances had wonderful development near the end but it was like the author had a chance to make this complete character, got right to full character development, and never used her again. Frances is smart and full of punk energy and then we don’t see her again.
Listen, I’m roasting a romance novel — I’m well outside my normal genre. When Emily asked if I’d read it with her I said sure, but I think part of me expected the book to be a modern classic. Excellent writing. I didn’t know I was in for pulp space romance fiction.